The Elysian Fields and Other Greek Myths (1984)

Mark Novembrino

Apple II

1.50 from 2 ratings

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The Elysian Fields and Other Greek Myths is a classical Greek themed graphical adventure game for the Apple II. Game is played via typing VERB NOUN commands. All graphics are displayed using colored graphics, and there is also an option for a text-only mode.
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Release dates

  • 1984 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II
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Review scoopings 2/5 · Jun 5, 2022

Mediocre All Around, Not Worth Completing

Look: 5/10 There were a couple good screens, but for the most part, very blah. Especially considering the content. Some of them were straight-up goofy :-p enter image description here

I mean, at least they made Poseidon pretty hot I guess heh , just silly all around enter image description here

Play: 7/10 The adventure in this is decently well-done, and the random encounters aren't super frustrating since …

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Look: 5/10 There were a couple good screens, but for the most part, very blah. Especially considering the content. Some of them were straight-up goofy :-p enter image description here

I mean, at least they made Poseidon pretty hot I guess heh , just silly all around enter image description here

Play: 7/10 The adventure in this is decently well-done, and the random encounters aren't super frustrating since there are clear solutions to them, instead of merely RNG-based instant deaths. The disc-flipping was annoying, especially considering how weak the graphics are... it's not like they should've needed all that space heh (tho I will admit the adventure itself is quite epic, even if random/tacky). Definitely some typos in here, heh, "wan't."

Feel: 6/10 Tho I got pretty far, the poor quality of the graphics and half-assed text made this otherwise fun, interesting, and playable adventure not worth continuing. After my third RNG-based frustration, I figured it wasn't worth trying again.

Attachment: 6/10 Perhaps worth a playtest for text adventure completionists, but otherwise definitely skippable.

Completion: A darn Harpy event threw me off soon before getting Pegasus Playtime: ~30 mins

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